Spelade
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This week we discuss: Greens vote against govt; Homeless deaths; PUP scandal; Sunil Sharpe; Tampon ads banned; Order of business vote in Dail; Successful Climate Case; Ryanair challenging the state; No travel restrictions/checks and a COVID spike; Marc McSharry attacks public sector workers; and much more.
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This week we’re joined by Clare Daly MEP and Eoghan Fox, Mandate activist to discuss: Banning meal deals & food poverty, Thiago Cortez and the gig economy, extra Garda powers, Debenhams, Tourism job losses, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin & sexual harassment in UCD, COVID and the retail boom, Ryanair CEO bonus v pay cuts, Tony Abbott, Spike Island toilets, Direct Provision, Mercosur and EU trade deals, a new Commissioner, Occupied Territories Bill, Donald Trump and much more…
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This Week on episode 20 we have Aoife Grace Moore, Ciaran Campbell and Glenn Fitzpatrick with us to discuss the stories of the week. We discuss new Covid strategy, the rise of the far right, violence at far right marches in Dublin, lack of access to adequate mental health supports for children, TriBeca development, Brexit and the withdrawl agreement, the Debenhams strike, the future of Unions and left unity, The Red C polls and much more.
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This week we’re joined by Bernadette McAliskey for a two part discussion. In part one we discuss:
- COVID and working class communities
- Spike in homeless deaths
- Ruth Bader Ginsberg
- Infants taken into State care
- Terrence Wheelock anniversary
- Capital Gains Tax and shareholder dividends
- inequality and the rise of fascism; and
- The consequences of not having all-island Covid Approach -
In this episode we talk to Bernadette McAliskey and Ciaran Campbell whose families were both targeted by loyalist death squads. We get their reflections on "Unquiet Graves", the documentary about British government collusion with the Glenanne Gang, leading to the murders of more than 120 people, including the Dublin/Monaghan bombings.
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This week we are joined by Senator Eileen Flynn and Mark Malone to discuss: sexism & racism in the Oireachtas, a flood of redundancies ahead? unpacking the far right, Phil Hogan, Israeli settlements, rise in homelessness, the Miami showband massacre, Ministers demanding paintings, tax avoidance of US companies, profit rise for gambling outlets, Sarah McInerney, and much more.
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This week we’re joined by Senator Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) & Clare O’Connor (ICHH) to discuss: Varadkar’s dog whistle to white middle class males, meat plants & workers’ rights, hospital waiting lists, evictions & homeless deaths, back to school and manipulating test results for the rich, and much more
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This week we’re joined by Irish journalist in Sweden, Philip O’Connor and Sonia Balagopalan, mathematician & socialist to discuss: Golfgate, far right protests & Una McGurk, COVID in Sweden, US elections, the perceptions poll, lobbying power, homes to buy drop but rental properties increase, AirBnB, Troubles compensation and Bank of Ireland job losses.
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Discussing the Sunday papers with Senator Lynn Boylan including stories about government formation talks, the Green Party leadership challenge, opening up the economy during COVID19 and media diversity. Also a discussion about Mary Lou McDonalds interview in the SINDO and public sector pay.
